Building a Remarkable Brand

Brad Griffith is the president of Buckeye Interactive, a web and mobile technology agency based in New Albany, Ohio. Brad is a web strategist and architect with equal passion for web technology and startup business strategy. He founded Buckeye Interactive after several years of consulting and developing web applications in-house for companies like JPMorgan Chase, QUALCOMM and the Go Big Network.

Suggested Interview

Brad wants to hear from John Meyer, owner of Lemonly. Lemonly creates beautiful infographics and can help your brand, corporation, nonprofit, or startup tell your story through visuals.

Remarkable Brand of the Week

Brad called out Amazon as his remarkable brand of the week. He likes their open approach and how they’ve gone from being the world’s largest online bookstore to one of the largest data platforms, creator of hardware like the Echo.

Call to Action

Communicate your vision. As the leader, you have to set the vision for your company and communicate that clearly to your team and your customers. It’s easy to lose track of your vision and values as your business grows and things get hectic, so you need to constantly use those tools as your guide, your North Star, ever pointing you in the right direction.

Links

You can reach out to learn more about Buckeye Interactive on their website and on Twitter.

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